The London Air Defence Area (LADA) was the name given to the organisation created to defend London from the increasing threat from enemy airships during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. Formed in September 1915, it was commanded initially by Admiral Sir Percy Scott

Percy Scott

Admiral Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Baronet GCB KCVO was a British Royal Navy officer and a pioneer in modern naval gunnery.-Early years:...

, a controversial figure, responsible for major advances in naval gunnery techniques, but also accused of insubordination and profiting from his inventions.

Airfields

At the end of the war, the following airfields came under the direct control of LADA:

Station Name	Branch	Grid Reference	Station Opened	Station Closed	Squadrons	Current Use	External Link
Stow Maries Stow Maries Stow Maries is a village and civil parish in the English county of Essex. It is located on the western end of the Dengie peninsula and forms part of the Purleigh ward in the Maldon district.-Stow Maries Airfield:...	RFC		9/1916	1919	B Flt, 37 Sqn No. 37 Squadron RAF -History:No. 37 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed at Orfordness, Suffolk, on 15 April 1916 but ceased to exist a month later. In September of that year, it was re-formed, with headquarters at Woodham Mortimer, in Essex. It responsibilities included defending London against aerial attack...	Agriculture. Most buildings still present.	Stow Maries Airfield
Goldhanger	RNAS / RFC				C Flt, 37 Sqn No. 37 Squadron RAF -History:No. 37 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed at Orfordness, Suffolk, on 15 April 1916 but ceased to exist a month later. In September of that year, it was re-formed, with headquarters at Woodham Mortimer, in Essex. It responsibilities included defending London against aerial attack...
Hainault Farm	RFC		10/1914		44 Sqn No. 44 Squadron RAF No. 44 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is no longer operational. For most of its history it served as a heavy bomber squadron.-History:...	Agriculture / light industry. Hangars still present.	Hainault Farm Airfield
Bekesbourne						Housing / agriculture
Mattishall						Agriculture	Mattishall Airfield
Tydd St Mary			8/1917	5/1919	B Flt, 51 Sqn No. 51 Squadron RAF No. 51 Squadron of the Royal Air Force most recently operated the Nimrod R1 from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire until June 2011. Crews from No. 51 Squadron are currently training alongside the US Air Force on the Boeing RC-135, which is planned to enter service with the RAF over the next seven years...	Agriculture
Marham RAF Marham Royal Air Force Station Marham, more commonly known as RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station; a military airbase, near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia....						Royal Air Force flying station
Rochford					A Flt, 37 Sqn No. 37 Squadron RAF -History:No. 37 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed at Orfordness, Suffolk, on 15 April 1916 but ceased to exist a month later. In September of that year, it was re-formed, with headquarters at Woodham Mortimer, in Essex. It responsibilities included defending London against aerial attack...
Hadleigh
Elmswell RAF Great Ashfield RAF Great Ashfield was a World War II airfield in England. It is located 10 miles east of Bury St. Edmunds and two miles south of Great Ashfield village in Suffolk. Great Ashfield Airfield is still in private use although much reduced in size...
Suttons Farm RAF Hornchurch RAF Hornchurch was an airfield in the south of Hornchurch in what is now the London Borough of Havering. Known as Sutton's Farm during the First World War, it occupied of the farm of the same name and was situated east north-east of Charing Cross...	RFC					Hornchurch Country Park Hornchurch Country Park Hornchurch Country Park is a park on the former site of Hornchurch Airfield, south of Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, east London.The River Ingrebourne passes through the park and if forms part of Thames Chase Community Forest...  and housing estate
Throwley
Biggin Hill						London Biggin Hill Airport London Biggin Hill Airport London Biggin Hill Airport is an airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south southeast of Central London, United Kingdom...
Detling RAF Detling RAF Detling was a station of the Royal Naval Air Service in World War I and the Royal Air Force in World War II. Situated 600 feet above sea level, it is located near Detling, a village about three miles north-east of Maidstone, in Kent....